China's commercial CERES-1 Y8 rocket launches new satellite

August 25, 2023 / 1:44 PM

Sharjah24 - AFP: China launched a CERES-1 Y8 carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Friday, sending a new satellite into a planned orbit. It was the 8th flight mission to use the CERES-1 rocket series.

The commercial rocket blasted off at 12:59 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the launch site, carrying the Jilin-1 Kuanfu 02A satellite.

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